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...theory, leads children to expect quick answers and undermines their ability to tolerate frustration. Says Psychiatrist Mary Giffin, who treats depressed teens on the North Shore: "Programs present serious problems and solve them in half an hour. Life just doesn't work that way." Other experts blame the breakdown of the extended family, the rise of a narcissistic culture and the post-Viet Nam disillusionment with politics. "To some extent, the epidemic of adolescent suicides can be traced back to Viet Nam," says Chicago Psychiatrist Harold Visotsky. "Young people became disillusioned with the magic of government, and this extended...
...health in order to be able to confront the great responsibilities you are shouldering at this delicate stage." In Sadat's letter and Begin's reply, which were made public last week, the two leaders spelled out their thinking on the differences that have led to the breakdown in the Egyptian-Israeli talks on Palestinian autonomy. By turns eloquent, sentimental and accusatory, the letters also provided a fascinating insight into the thinking and style of the two men as the bilateral negotiations once more reached an impasse...
...diplomats, who had hoped Begin "would count to ten" before responding and thus avert a total breakdown of the negotiations, were disappointed by the Israeli Prime Minister's brusque response. Begin promptly drafted a "page by page refutation" of Sadat's letter, asserting that Egypt was the real obstacle to peace because of its constant interruptions of negotiations. Begin also charged that Egypt was deviating from the Camp David accords by bringing up the issue of Jerusalem, "which was never mentioned in any stages of the peace treaty...
...opinions causes a certain amount of confusion. "Multiple opinions appear to be the court's modus operandi, "says University of Virginia Law Professor A.E. Dick Howard, "and the bigger the issue the more likely the splintering." Adds Yale Law School Professor Paul Gewirtz: "The splintering reflects a breakdown of institutional cohesion and purpose, and creates all sorts of problems for lower courts and other branches of government who need guidance...
...tattles about her adolescent affair with Actor Richard Burton, and exposes gritty, drug-fueled scenes from her marriage to Actor Christopher Jones. In Haywire, a memoir that has become a TV film, Brooke Hayward (daughter of Actress Margaret Sullavan and Producer Leland Hayward) immortalizes a family history of divorce, breakdown, suicide. In Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford depicts her mother, Actress Joan Crawford, as a promiscuous lush given to brutal child abuse. In I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, TV Producer Barbara Gordon publicizes the story of her ad diction to Valium. In Memoir of a Gambler, Play...